backbreaking
adj : characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion;
especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way
up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard
labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many
laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"
[syn: arduous, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy,
laborious, punishing, toilsome]
WordNet (r) 2.0
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "backbreaking":
Herculean, annoying, arduous, besetting, bothersome, burdensome,
crushing, effortful, forced, grueling, hard-earned, hard-fought,
heavy, hefty, irksome, killing, labored, laborious, onerous,
operose, oppressive, painful, plaguey, punishing, strained,
strenuous, toilsome, tough, troublesome, trying, uphill, vexatious,
wearisome
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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